Celebrity sex addicts

Famous sex addicts from Russell Brand to Ulrika Johnsson

Gwyneth Paltrow's new film is all about recovering sex addicts - here are the A-listers who've 'fessed up to sex addiction in real life...

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Thanks For Sharing

People love sex. But some take it too far and enter into the realm of sex addiction. Russell Brand, Michael Douglas and other stars have all admitted to it, and now a new film starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Mark Ruffalo and Pink (her first foray into the field of film) centres around a group of sex addicts recovering from their habit.

Click through to see which other celebs have suffered from the condition that means you just can't get enough…

Thanks For Sharing is released in the UK on Friday 4th October

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Russell Brand

He may be cosily coupled up with Katy Perry now, but before he hit the big time, Russell battled heroin and sex addiction, although he's never hidden away from his shady past, telling all in his autobiography.

It may be hard for some to believe that girls were once queuing up to sleep with Michael but back in the early 90s, he was a lothario and sought treatment for sex addiction after his numerous affairs spelled the end for his first marriage. He's determined not to cheat on his second wife, Catherine Zeta Jones; so much so he's signed a pre nup saying he'll pay her a fee if he does.

To go alongside her reported drug and alcohol problems, it also rumoured that Lindsay likes plenty of time between the sheets. She told the Metro newspaper "I'm not really like a crazy addict, I like being in different relationships and seeing a few people."

Star of The XXX Files (sorry, we couldn't help it…) David Duchovny was compulsively unfaithful to his wife and sought treatment in 2008. In a twist of art imitating life, his character in Californication, Hank suffers from a similar problem.

It was hardly a surprise that the golfing lothario and multiple cheater Tiger Woods was seen entering a sex clinic facility last year. His sexy Swedish ex-model wife (who would cheat on that!) was said to have given him an ultimatum: sex rehab or he could wave goodbye to his family. Woods reluctantly accepted.

After the release of a sex tape with his ex, Playboy model Nicole Narain, and admitting to liking sex with prostitutes, it's hardly surprising that the Irish hottie has come out as having an addiction to sex.

For the Best boys it looks like addiction runs in the family. While his dad, George battled alcohol abuse, Calum fights against his need for sex, telling The Sun, "I'm a red-blooded male and I'm addicted to sex. I don't have to be like my dad, but I feel his blood running through my veins."

Maybe it's the film star credentials or the fact he was married to Angelina Jolie, but plenty of women want to sleep with Billy – it's even reported that his therapist, who was helping to cure his addiction, succumbed to his sexual prowess.

His sex tape with ex wife, Pamela Anderson was the biggest selling adult video of all time. He's also one of the biggest cheaters of all time and his sex addiction was rumoured to be the cause of the couple's split in 2000.

There seems to be a theme running with women and sex addiction – both Amber Smith and Ulrika Johnsson seem to have discovered their habit on national television. Johnsson appeared in Channel 4's Ulrika…Am I A Sex Addict? and uncovered her sex addiction there.

Two words: Monica Lewinsky. The former US president is said to have been an addict and not just a cheater… "I did not have sexual relations with that woman" he claimed. What were you doing Billy, playing scrabble?

Charlie "I've slept with over 5000 women" Sheen is the poster boy for sex addiction and what a famous lifestyle can do to a man. He might have said "I have cleansed myself. I closed my eyes and in a nanosecond, I cured myself... It's the work of sissies. The only thing I'm addicted to is winning" but we suspect there might be some more work to be done…

Former Sports Illustrated swimwear model Amber Smith went public with her addiction as she appeared on VH1's reality television show Sex Rehab with Dr Drew in 2009. A girl sex addict you cry? Well, it turns out that Amber's addiction was more to do with love than anything else.